Tomorrow: Discussion on Youth Suicide & Mental Health in America

Tomorrow, as the final congressional event of May Mental Health Awareness Month, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano will host a briefing and panel discussion on youth suicide and mental health. Panelists will address the high suicide rates affecting youth ages 10-24 and discuss the need for school-based mental health services.

What: Congressional Briefing on Youth Suicide & Mental Health in America                                           

When: Wednesday, May 22nd              

Time: 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM   

Where: 121 Cannon House Office Building

Who: Rep. Grace Napolitano (CA-32)

          Olga Acosta Price, Director of Center for Health and Health Care in Schools at George Washington
          University School of Public Health and Health Services

          Amanda Uhme, Student, co-president of Active Minds at GWU

          Julie Goldstein Grumet, Director of Prevention and Practice at the Suicide Prevention Resource Center

          Julie Kozminski, MPH student at GWU, Public Policy Fellow at Mental Health America

          Paramjit T. Joshi, M.D. Professor and Chair of Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Children’s
          National Medical Center and Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics at GWU
 

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